The favored daughter one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future

The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and...

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Main Authors:	Koofi, Fawzia 1975- (Author), Ghouri, Nadene 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012
Subjects:	Women legislators > Afghanistan > Biography Legislators > Afghanistan > Biography Women > Afghanistan > Biography Women > Afghanistan > Social conditions Children > Afghanistan > Social conditions
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